Goodman named director of UMass Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis

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Jul 25, 2014 at 5:46 PM

Dr. Michael Goodman has been named director of the UMass Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis, effective July 1. He succeeds Dr. Clyde W. Barrow. Goodman assumes leadership of the CFPA after serving for the past five years as associate professor and chair of the UMass Dartmouth Department of Public Policy, where he directs the face-to-face and fully online master of public policy program. He is co-editor of MassBenchmarks, the journal of the Massachusetts economy published by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Goodman also leads the Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Regional Partnership Academy, a first-in-the-nation effort providing research, technical assistance, and educational services to regional leaders across the Commonwealth, all supported by a $326,000 grant from MassDevelopment. An economic sociologist, Professor Goodman has authored or co-authored more than two dozen professional publications on a wide range of public policy issues and has supported this research by generating more than $4 million in external grant and contract funding from a diverse array of public and private sources. Prior to joining UMass Dartmouth, he served as the director of Economic and Public Policy Research at the Donahue Institute.

Dr. Michael Goodman has been named director of the UMass Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis, effective July 1. He succeeds Dr. Clyde W. Barrow. Goodman assumes leadership of the CFPA after serving for the past five years as associate professor and chair of the UMass Dartmouth Department of Public Policy, where he directs the face-to-face and fully online master of public policy program. He is co-editor of MassBenchmarks, the journal of the Massachusetts economy published by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Goodman also leads the Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Regional Partnership Academy, a first-in-the-nation effort providing research, technical assistance, and educational services to regional leaders across the Commonwealth, all supported by a $326,000 grant from MassDevelopment. An economic sociologist, Professor Goodman has authored or co-authored more than two dozen professional publications on a wide range of public policy issues and has supported this research by generating more than $4 million in external grant and contract funding from a diverse array of public and private sources. Prior to joining UMass Dartmouth, he served as the director of Economic and Public Policy Research at the Donahue Institute.